Green Woodpecker Wednesday

[Kittykatt]

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[Kittykatt]

The European green woodpecker (Picus viridis), also known as the yaffle and sometimes called a nickle, is a large green woodpecker with a bright red crown and a black moustache. Males have a red centre to the moustache stripe which is absent in females. It is resident across much of Europe and the western Palearctic but in Spain and Portugal it is replaced by the similar Iberian green woodpecker (Picus sharpei).

The European green woodpecker spends much of its time feeding on ants on the ground and does not often 'drum' on trees like other woodpecker species. Though its vivid green and red plumage is particularly striking, it is a shy bird, and is more often heard than seen, drawing attention with its loud calls. A nest hole is excavated in a tree; four to six eggs are laid which hatch after 19–20 days.

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[Kittykatt]

Good morning everyone and happy Wednesday!

L.Ann,.I hope Little Bit enjoys her first day at school.

Helia, you and DH have worked so hard on the room.,.I'm sure your guest will be very happy there.

LOL at the picture, Dogged!

I hope you enjoyed supper with your friends,.Gms.

Today, DH goes to the office and I'm at home. It's a grey day out, but I don't think it's raining yet. M.y main job today is to tackle the kitchen. If it's.not raining, I also need to water the roses in my front garden..

[Kittykatt]

SHEM:

"Wednesday lets me move forward to the second half of the week."
Anthony T. Hincks

[Kittykatt]

To do:

Appointments:
Wednesday:
DH to office
At home for me
Feed Mica am pm
Feed Izzy am pm
Final touches to Waitrose order
Thursday:
DH WFH
10.30 am church -
Can I hoover car?
Any errands to run?
Pick up cat food and meds from vet
Remember Petplan
12pm Parish Lunch
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery -
Fee Mica am pm
Feed Izzy am pm
Friday
DH WFH
At home for me
Feed Mica am pm
Feed.Izzy am.(DF CW should be home lunchtime)
Saturday:
DH ??
Text DF E re coffee tomorrow
Feed Mica am pm
Bake something?
Prep lunch for tomorrow
Sunday:
Church 9.30 am
Visit DF E for coffee ?
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Set up new Waitrose delivery
Feed Mica am pm

Future dates to note:
2 /9 2 pm Jude - weight check
15/9 Freddie Solensia 8.45 am
August / September (depending on weather!) work on verge of house by roofer L and team
19/10 9.30.am.flu jab me

Outstanding deliveries:

Extras:
Check link DM sent
order biscuits for church
Order sealant
Order stain for garage door?
Send out updated list of contacts for coffee rota
Can I do 15 minutes of decluttering each day?
Digital decluttering- Google Photos for 2024 and 2025
Pick up my footprints
Book eye test for me - on hold until roof and car are sorted out!
Sort prints and put in albums (this will probably be an activity to do on wet days!) WIP I am now finished with 2025 for the cats, and started on the garden
Think about setting up Guardianship for F,J and M - looked on Cats' Protection, I need their microchip numbers, approximate DOB, colour and markings and useful information about them. Bookmark link with local recommended solicitors (also ask DF CW?)

To do:
Early morning:
Cuddles and treats on the bed with Matilda,
Jude and Freddie
Cup of tea
QT
Make bed
Shower / wash hair/ moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
DH launched
Physio exercises and back exercises
Proprioceptors exercises X1 x2 x3
S/S bathroom
Get dressed
Breakfast and meds / supplements - me
DRINK WATER
Check bank account
Go for my walk

Garden:
15 minutes in tiny front garden
15 minutes in back garden

Cats:
Cats’ breakfast and meds / supplements
Fresh water for cats
Scoop cat trays
Walk Freddie
Lap time with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Play with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Head rubs with Jude, Freddie & Matilda
Cats' supper

House:
Rubbish down to wheelie bins
Kitchen clean up
Unload DW
Load DW
Run DW when full
Unload DW
PUPA downstairs
Quick dust sitting room
Quick hoover downstairs
PUPA upstairs
Quick dust bedrooms
Quick hoover upstairs
Lunch
Supper
Lay out clothes for tomorrow
Journal three things I am thankful for today
Hand cream

Extra house tasks:

Monday:
Clean bathroom
Clean spare room
Clean bedroom
Wash spare room throw and cat blankets

Tuesday:
Clean hall
Clean sitting room
Clean stairs
Empty hoover before starting work
Wheelie bins back when dustmen have been
Filing paperwork for 15 minutes

Wednesday:
Clean kitchen

Garden extras:
Water pots
Feed pots weekly
Water roses in front garden
Liquid feed roses in front garden

Financial:
More work on budget WIP- look at discretionary payments this week 30 minute sessions #1

[L.Ann]

Hopefully she will have fun, kittykatt. It is good that she has been at a preschool for awhile. Her elementary school is one of the smallest in the county. They only have 2 of each grades which is nice and less overwhelming.

1-meds and temp for DD33
2-dress and pick up bedroom
3-walk

Menus
Wednesday-DD33 out/ leftovers for me
Thursday-curry chicken and roasted sweet potatoes
Friday-ginger shrimp and rice bowls
Saturday-za’atar crusted grilling cheese

Events
Wednesday-no Little Bit, DD33 PS3-8, windshield replacement @9
Thursday-no Little Bit
Friday-no Little Bit


Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room
Death book-update DD33’s pages
Phone calls-
Extra stuff-
Shutterfly- Christmas card, Becca book, Little Bit’s book, Little Bit last school year book, calendar, art work book, magnets, coasters, Hawaii book

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for dog and me
-diet site

[Kittykatt]

That all sounds very good for Little Bit, L.Ann. I hope you have a good day as well!

Ive done my cat duties, taken Fred out, sorted out upstairs and had breakfast. Going to water the roses in the front garden now, and then do some deadheading round the back.

[Kittykatt]

To do:

Appointments:
Wednesday:
DH to office
At home for me
Feed Mica am pm
Feed Izzy am pm
Final touches to Waitrose order
Thursday:
DH WFH
10.30 am church -
Can I hoover car?
Any errands to run?
Pick up cat food and meds from vet
Remember Petplan
12pm Parish Lunch
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery -
Fee Mica am pm
Feed Izzy am pm
Friday
DH WFH
At home for me
Feed Mica am pm
Feed.Izzy am.(DF CW should be home lunchtime)
Saturday:
DH ??
Text DF E re coffee tomorrow
Feed Mica am pm
Bake something?
Prep lunch for tomorrow
Sunday:
Church 9.30 am
Visit DF E for coffee ?
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Set up new Waitrose delivery
Feed Mica am pm

Future dates to note:
2 /9 2 pm Jude - weight check
15/9 Freddie Solensia 8.45 am
August / September (depending on weather!) work on verge of house by roofer L and team
19/10 9.30.am.flu jab me

Outstanding deliveries:

Extras:
Check link DM sent
order biscuits for church
Order sealant
Order stain for garage door?
Send out updated list of contacts for coffee rota
Can I do 15 minutes of decluttering each day?
Digital decluttering- Google Photos for 2024 and 2025
Pick up my footprints
Book eye test for me - on hold until roof and car are sorted out!
Sort prints and put in albums (this will probably be an activity to do on wet days!) WIP I am now finished with 2025 for the cats, and started on the garden
Think about setting up Guardianship for F,J and M - looked on Cats' Protection, I need their microchip numbers, approximate DOB, colour and markings and useful information about them. Bookmark link with local recommended solicitors (also ask DF CW?)

To do:
Early morning:
Cuddles and treats on the bed with Matilda,
Jude and Freddie
Cup of tea
QT
Make bed
Shower / wash hair/ moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
DH launched
Physio exercises and back exercises
Proprioceptors exercises X1 x2 x3
S/S bathroom
Get dressed
Breakfast and meds / supplements - me
DRINK WATER
Check bank account
Go for my walk

Garden:
15 minutes in tiny front garden
15 minutes in back garden

Cats:
Cats’ breakfast and meds / supplements
Fresh water for cats
Scoop cat trays
Walk Freddie
Lap time with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Play with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Head rubs with Jude, Freddie & Matilda
Cats' supper

House:
Rubbish down to wheelie bins
Kitchen clean up
Unload DW
Load DW
Run DW when full
Unload DW
PUPA downstairs
Quick dust sitting room
Quick hoover downstairs
PUPA upstairs
Quick dust bedrooms
Quick hoover upstairs
Lunch
Supper
Lay out clothes for tomorrow
Journal three things I am thankful for today
Hand cream

Extra house tasks:

Monday:
Clean bathroom
Clean spare room
Clean bedroom
Wash spare room throw and cat blankets

Tuesday:
Clean hall
Clean sitting room
Clean stairs
Empty hoover before starting work
Wheelie bins back when dustmen have been
Filing paperwork for 15 minutes

Wednesday:
Clean kitchen

Garden extras:
Water pots
Feed pots weekly
Water roses in front garden
Liquid feed roses in front garden

Financial:
More work on budget WIP- look at discretionary payments this week 30 minute sessions #1
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[FrenchFlybebe]

Hi kittykatt, thanks for the start, loved hearing the owl yesterday. I read your message, thanks for answering my curiosity. It's grey here too and we will have storms.

L.Ann good first day of school to Little Bit ! 2 classes of each grade seems like a large elementary school to me.

Uneventful day at payroll so far. Lots of small tasks to catch up on, then bigger subjects later or tomorrow.
Greetings to all who will follow !

Tadas
Morning routine, commute
Morning at payroll
Handled annoying phone call from Boss who is on vacation
Lunch break

Todos
Afternoon at payroll, commute
Sow lettuces ? If not rainy
Plans for dinner with DNeighbours on Friday

[helia]

I like birds and am enjoying this week's theme, though I've been a bit distracted. I can't wait until we start up the bird feeder again this fall! We don't have green woodpeckers here, so interesting! But we do have woodpeckers here with that same red cap. Thank you Kitty! And enjoy your home day.
Happy first day of school to Little Bit, L Ann! Will you see her today?
Nice to see you FFB. Have a good day back at work. I see your boss is still on vacation.

There were many excited messages and pics last night and this morning -- S and K are on their flight now!! It will land about 2pm. I'll aim to be at the airport around 2:30 pm, which means I have until about 2 to finish getting ready.

There are so many people in my life with a name that beings with S. In fact, the S that is on the flight has the same name as "S" our dear friend, wife of R the physician and mother to J12yo. S2 is another friend with the name that starts with S, and I meet yet another friend for coffee from time to time whom I call SS. I'm thinking of calling our niece, teenage S - SP, her first and last initials.

I posted yesterday that dh and I did a more thorough cleaning/ decluttering/ re-organizing of the room downstairs than I had intended. We didn't even start until 8 pm, but once dh gets going, it's hard to stop him. He pulled everything out of the 2 closets + built in shelves. He also moved some shelves and boxes, washed walls, took down blackout curtains (previous housemate M had wanted them in that room - but they can't be opened so the room got no natural light whereas it can now get a lot of natural light from the 4 windows that also have shades), and hung some pictures. I moved books, wiped down shelves, and cleaned a dried up mildew/ mold stain on the ceiling from an old leak. This inspired dh to wash the main wall (no mildew on the walls - he just has an old project of washing walls and told me he is the expert on that. Great! LOL!). I helped make decisions, shuttled bags to the garbage and cardboard to the recycling bin, etc. It was almost 11 pm when we finished -- and there are still some details I'm going to take care of this morning, like putting bedding on the bed. This room needs a good renovation - new windows, carpet, paint -- but not right now.

Other house news: the window washer dude is coming tomorrow and the carpet cleaners called me last night. I need to call them this morning.

Next:
- some qt
- back exercises
- s2s and self care

Later:
- text window washer guy that we want all the windows done - it will take a lot longer than last time
- reclaim kitchen
- make bed
- clear MBR cedar chest
- s/s main bathroom
- clear out bathroom drawer for SP to use
- upper room: put bedding on 2 beds
- upper room: switch out one of the pictures?
- lower room: put bedding on bed
- lower room: switch up the smaller pictures on the wall
- lower room: vacuum
- WF run
- put groceries away
- lunch
- after lunch clean up
- bake cookies?
- clean up
- spot clean corners of house the roomba misses
- 2pm drive to airport and fetch SP and K!
- show them the house; let them choose their sleeping arrangement
- see if they need a snack
- go for a walk (perhaps see if they'd like to join me and walk at the park)
- dinner: curry lentil soup, rice, salad
- after dinner clean up
- duolingo
- update WW (haven't done for a while)
- update MFP (haven't done for a while)
- update goodreads
- text messages to SS and MM
- other things??

TaDas!
- up; weighed self - up
- messages re: girls' travels
- coffee
- email deletions + weather website - high of 81F

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Tue a.m. - watch Fable for an hour/ grocerires
Wed 1-2ish airport run: S and K arrive!
Thu 8 - WW/ 10 - window washer guy here/11:30 - 12:30 payroll: academic ci mtg/ 2-3 work out with AS/ KS2J get together @ ____?
Fri 4-5 - payroll: exit test? - no eligible students leaving/ Dinner date with dh?
Sat 8 - weekly 5K run?
Sun 10 - church/ host dinner for up to 10 people?

Mon 7:45 school run for S and K/ 11:30 school pick up for S and K/ 1-1:40 payroll: su mtg?
Tue 7:45 school drop off/ 9-12ish KS2J get together /3 school pick up?
Wed 7:45 school drop off/ 10 - haircut /3 school pick up?
Thu (can dh do the drop off?) 8 - WW/ 11:30 - 12:30 payroll: academic ci mtg/ 2-3 work out with AS/ 3 school pick up?
Fri NO SCHOOL FOR THE GIRLS/ Date night with dh?
Sat 8 - 5K run? 5:30 - 9ish CG1?
Sun 10 - church/ Host CG2 @ 3:30 - 6?/ 6-ish host dinner for up to 10 people

8/24 - 8/30 Dinner Menus
M - Dh out; leftover chicken wraps for me
T - shrimp pasta (fr. freezer), salad
W - lentil soup, rice, bread, salad
Th - pasta, tom. sauce, roasted veggies
F - OUT with S and K? Or a date night for dh and me?
Sat - peanut chicken/ tofu, rice, veggie
Sun - dinner for 10? Or 7 if the Cs can't make it: pizza, bread, rot. chicken

August Brain Dumps
This Week - House
- spend some time decluttering in MBR - need to do more
- put away pack 'n play crib + bedding

This Week - Deskwork
- Writing progress - wip
- figure out another knitting project - after our trip
- order baby gifts: dniece's 3rd baby + BD gift - baby I
- message SS, JK, MM when home
- call carpet cleaner - called and left a message

This Week - Errands
- groceries: Kroger
- groceries: WF
- W airport pick up

General Brain Dump
- progress decluttering clothes - wip
- transfer info from old to new laptop (will require a trip to a specialist - do after we get back)
- new running shoes - after we get back